Retro Rogue Posted May 21, 2012 Share Posted May 21, 2012 Progress has been done with the book I frequently update the book as I receive new Coleco catalogs In fact, I have now 90% of all existing catalogs now,.... Wich I'm more than happy to have I should send the final text to Ikrananka in the next few weeks so he can proof read everything I've think about this title for the book... Does it sounds right to you? .... Or any other ideas? Coleco Industries; The Eternal Legacy Good to hear it's coming along. You didn't answer my previous question through - did you get Nuvatec's involvement in the total re-design of the system to what the production version was? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NIAD Posted May 22, 2012 Share Posted May 22, 2012 Good to hear it's coming along. You didn't answer my previous question through - did you get Nuvatec's involvement in the total re-design of the system to what the production version was? This is extremely important information that needs to be covered in the book and I'm sure it will be more than touched on by Retroillucid. Indeed Nuvatec's involvement, redesign and most importantly the addition of the front Expansion Module Interface should not be taken lightly and if you want to take it a step further... this expandability was one of the greatest additions as well as one of the worst. By this I mean it started the ball rolling for expanding the ColecoVision into a full-fledged computer which we all know now as the ADAM Computer. I'm not saying this was the wrong thing to do as many other videogame manufacturers were following this formula back in the day, but in hindsight of knowing what transpired, I wish Coleco would have kept the two entities separate... so to speak. They could have probably continued on rather successfully with the ColecoVision as a dedicated game system and then taken their time entering the computer market with an entry that was ColecoVision compatible, like the Stand-Alone ADAM Computer. I, for one, can't wait to see how this entire subject is handled in "The Book of Coleco" according to J-F. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retro Rogue Posted May 22, 2012 Share Posted May 22, 2012 Good to hear it's coming along. You didn't answer my previous question through - did you get Nuvatec's involvement in the total re-design of the system to what the production version was? This is extremely important information that needs to be covered in the book and I'm sure it will be more than touched on by Retroillucid. Indeed Nuvatec's involvement, redesign and most importantly the addition of the front Expansion Module Interface should not be taken lightly and if you want to take it a step further... this expandability was one of the greatest additions as well as one of the worst. By this I mean it started the ball rolling for expanding the ColecoVision into a full-fledged computer which we all know now as the ADAM Computer. I'm not saying this was the wrong thing to do as many other videogame manufacturers were following this formula back in the day, but in hindsight of knowing what transpired, I wish Coleco would have kept the two entities separate... so to speak. They could have probably continued on rather successfully with the ColecoVision as a dedicated game system and then taken their time entering the computer market with an entry that was ColecoVision compatible, like the Stand-Alone ADAM Computer. I, for one, can't wait to see how this entire subject is handled in "The Book of Coleco" according to J-F. Glad to hear it if that's the case. I interviewed one of their ex-employees at length back in 2001, and was surprised as well to find out how they had took the proto and redid the entire thing to be of a general purpose computer with open bus (expansion bus). Also to find out what came was the actual first proof of concept game on that version. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NIAD Posted May 22, 2012 Share Posted May 22, 2012 Also to find out what game was the actual first proof of concept game on that version. Ah, good ole' Cosmic Avenger. Did you know that Smurf Rescue was actually the first Coleco In-House programmed game and not Donkey Kong? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retroillucid Posted May 22, 2012 Author Share Posted May 22, 2012 Yes, Nuvatek will be there But it seems like you guys knows some cool stuff wich I think should be covered in the book Do not hesitate to provide me some cool infos Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cOLeCoHiTMan Posted May 29, 2012 Share Posted May 29, 2012 the machine is ready.... let me know what you want to do ... I can just do one and send it to you for proofing for all that matters... (i'm off next week so it would be perfect time for me) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cOLeCoHiTMan Posted May 29, 2012 Share Posted May 29, 2012 Here's the publishing guidelines.. Guidelines.pdf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retroillucid Posted May 29, 2012 Author Share Posted May 29, 2012 Here's some updates: I decided to distribute the book in ebook too So both real and ebook will be available Also, I'll put some advertises pages, the first advertise I'll put is obviously; AtariAge Then all homebrewers and publishers will also be included... ie: Opcode, Team Pixelboy, Daniel Bienvenu, Youki, bfggamepassion etc. Also, all the best coleco, colecovision, adam website and webstore Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pixelboy Posted May 29, 2012 Share Posted May 29, 2012 Here's some updates: I decided to distribute the book in ebook too So both real and ebook will be available Also, I'll put some advertises pages, the first advertise I'll put is obviously; AtariAge Then all homebrewers and publishers will also be included... ie: Opcode, Team Pixelboy, Daniel Bienvenu, Youki, bfggamepassion etc. Also, all the best coleco, colecovision, adam website and webstore Um, what kind of "advertizing" are you talking about, exactly? Aside from Gulkave and Girl's Garden, all my games are practically sold out (I'm keeping my few remaining copies for AdamCon in July), so I definately don't need any publicity at the moment... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retro Rogue Posted May 29, 2012 Share Posted May 29, 2012 Also to find out what game was the actual first proof of concept game on that version. Ah, good ole' Cosmic Avenger. Did you know that Smurf Rescue was actually the first Coleco In-House programmed game and not Donkey Kong? I'm taking it you talked to the same ex-Nuvatec employee I did in the early 2000's? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cOLeCoHiTMan Posted June 12, 2012 Share Posted June 12, 2012 windsor is out of the picture now... they are trying to get out of their lease of the publishing machine. big spending scandal http://www.windsorstar.com/news/Windsor+Public+Library+puts+costly+book+machine+hold/6767021/story.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cOLeCoHiTMan Posted July 6, 2012 Share Posted July 6, 2012 If you're still interested in using the Windsor machine to do the book... its back on!! Got my invite for July 16 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retroillucid Posted July 8, 2012 Author Share Posted July 8, 2012 If you're still interested in using the Windsor machine to do the book... its back on!! Got my invite for July 16 I'll soon contacting you Btw: Can't wait to get that book done Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turbo Outrun Posted July 8, 2012 Share Posted July 8, 2012 When do you think it could be released on Amazon? 2013 or sooner? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retroillucid Posted July 8, 2012 Author Share Posted July 8, 2012 When do you think it could be released on Amazon? 2013 or sooner? I would be surprised to get it done before the end of 2012 ...... But we never know! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RelliK111 Posted July 18, 2012 Share Posted July 18, 2012 When do you think it could be released on Amazon? 2013 or sooner? I would be surprised to get it done before the end of 2012 ...... But we never know! Will the new press kit that someone got be in your book? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retroillucid Posted July 19, 2012 Author Share Posted July 19, 2012 I want to present a Museum project to the owner of the 4000 St Ambroise (Coleco of Canada) over the next year...if possible Now having a great collection of Coleco toys and products for 50s to late 80s, I would like the whole collection to be displayed at ex coleco of canada bullding in Montreal Last year, I visited the huge bullding looking for area for a Coleco Museum.... To my own susrprise, there's alot of room left wich would make a perfect area for a Coleco Museum! What I really want, is a place where all Coleco, Colecovision and ADAM fans could visit and see the whole history of Coleco Industries A place where all you wanted to see is there! Displayed products, prototypes and interactive displays And what if the owner of the Montreal building refuse? ...... There's always the Connecticut! I will gladly GIVE my whole Coleco Collection for a dedicate Coleco museum, as long as its in Montreal or Connecticut 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turbo Outrun Posted April 4, 2013 Share Posted April 4, 2013 Hi retroillucid, do you please have updates about the Coleco book? When do you think it will be released? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retroillucid Posted April 4, 2013 Author Share Posted April 4, 2013 Hi retroillucid, do you please have updates about the Coleco book? When do you think it will be released? Late this year/early next year 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turbo Outrun Posted April 5, 2013 Share Posted April 5, 2013 Late this year/early next year Thank you, please keep us posted. Also, can we already preorder it somewhere maybe? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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